Skehana
An Sceachánach | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W / 53.41748°N 8.63571°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Irish grid reference | M578400 |
Skehana or Skehanagh ( Irish: An Sceachánach) [1] is a small village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. The name Skehana derives from the Irish Sceith eánach meaning "place of the whitethorn".
Together with nearby Menlough, Skehana is a half-parish within the diocesan parish of Killascobe in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam. [2] [3] The parish church in Skehana was built c. 1861 and is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Galway County Council. [4]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Skehana Hurling Club, fields hurling teams at underage and adult Junior A grades. [5] [6]
The ruins of an Anglo-Norman tower house, Garbally Castle, are located immediately to the west of the local national school.
Skehana
An Sceachánach | |
---|---|
Townland | |
Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W / 53.41748°N 8.63571°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Irish grid reference | M578400 |
Skehana or Skehanagh ( Irish: An Sceachánach) [1] is a small village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. The name Skehana derives from the Irish Sceith eánach meaning "place of the whitethorn".
Together with nearby Menlough, Skehana is a half-parish within the diocesan parish of Killascobe in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam. [2] [3] The parish church in Skehana was built c. 1861 and is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Galway County Council. [4]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Skehana Hurling Club, fields hurling teams at underage and adult Junior A grades. [5] [6]
The ruins of an Anglo-Norman tower house, Garbally Castle, are located immediately to the west of the local national school.